The Yankees are looking for a new hitting coach once again.

Sean Casey announced on his podcast Wednesday that he will not be returning to his role next season for family reasons, despite the club expressing interest in potentially having him back after he joined them midseason.

Casey, 49, had replaced fired hitting coach Dillon Lawson at the All-Star break with a plan to re-evaluate his future with the team at the end of the year.

“It was a tough decision for me,” Casey said on an episode of “The Mayor’s Office” that was released Wednesday. “There was no offer made, but I do think I could have come back had I wanted to. That time right now is not perfect for me. We’ll see what happens in the next few years here.”

On the final day of the regular season, Casey had said he had spoken with manager Aaron Boone (his longtime friend after playing together on the Reds) and general manager Brian Cashman about coming back next year, but that he had to talk to his family about it before making a decision.

Upon further reflection, Casey decided he was not ready to pursue the full-time opportunity with the Yankees.

“Boonie and I had talked about coming back next year and what that would look like,” Casey said on his podcast. “Before any offer could be exchanged between both of us, I just told him that I’m not going to be able to come back next year, just because I got my two daughters at home. My daughter Jillian is 13, my daughter Carli is 17. I think also too, getting divorced a few years ago, I had those girls 50 percent of the time.

“I just can’t imagine being away for eight months, in New York, while they’re here in Pittsburgh. For me, I just decided to get back to what I was doing before I joined the Yankees.”

Casey, a former three-time All-Star, was working as an MLB Network analyst before the Yankees hired him shortly after firing Lawson.

The Yankees’ bottom-line numbers with Casey did not get any better than they were with Lawson.

In the first half under Lawson, they hit .231 (which ranked 28th in the majors) with a .711 OPS (21st), a 96 WRC+ (21st) and 4.4 runs per game (19th).

In the second half under Casey, they hit .221 (29th) with a .688 OPS (28th), a 92 WRC+ (22nd) and 3.8 runs per game (27th).

That said, Casey had the backing of some important voices in the clubhouse, including captain Aaron Judge, who had said he hoped Casey would stay.

DJ LeMahieu also credited Casey for helping him turn his season around in the second half, with many of the veterans appreciating that Casey had been in their shoes and spoke the same language as them.

When the Yankees fired Lawson in July — Cashman’s first in-season coaching staff dismissal during his tenure — the GM said he was looking for a “different messenger.”

Now they will be looking again for what will be the fourth different hitting coach under Boone, who is expected to stay on for a sixth season next year.

Whether or not Casey returned, the Yankees were likely going to have to re-evaluate their minor league hitting staff, with most (if not all) of the coaches teaching approaches that were more in line with Lawson’s analytics-driven philosophies than Casey’s.

Lawson, formerly the club’s minor league hitting coordinator, had a hand in hiring many of the current minor league hitting coaches.

Casey, meanwhile, said his two and a half months as the Yankees’ hitting coach “was one of the best experiences of my life.”

“They’re gonna make some moves this offseason, no doubt about it,” Casey said. “I’m sure Cash’s wheels are spinning right now. They’re going to be back right where they want to be.”